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Jackson Progress-Argus
J. D. JONES PUBLISHER
(1908-1955)
DOYLE JONES JR Editor
and PubtUher
Entered a* aecond-clat* matter at
the Poet Office at Jackson, G*.
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COUNTY & CITY OF JACKSON
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Six Months $2.25
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On The Farm
Production Front
By B. B. CAMPBELL
County Agent
The Hog Cholera Eradication
Program has been extended to
cover the entire state. This means
that any farmer in Georgia is
eligible for indemnity losses due
to hog cholera provided regula
tions are complied with. General
ly this means that in order to
receive indemnity State Depart
ment of Agriculture must be noti
fied prior to the actual loss of
the hog. In connection with the
program it is recommended hogs
be (1) vaccinated for cholera,
(2) do not move or carry to mar
ket hogs exposed to or infested
with cholera, (3) report immed
iately any outbreak of cholera
on your farm to veterinarian,
County Agent or directly to State
Department of Agriculture.
In connection with Grazing Sys
tem and Feed Production Pro
gram sponsored by Butts County
Livestock and Pasture Associ
ation, the final judging was made
on April 2‘2nd. Judges were J. I).
Bryant, Harold Standard and
Robert L. Williams. A good graz
ing system and feed production
program involves a selection of
the best plants worked into a sys
tem such that a sufficient supply
of feed is available throughout
the year. Judging is based on
such items as: availability of pas
ture growth, adaption of plants,
grain production and use, utili
zation of excess growth for hay
or silage, supplemental pasture,
use of lime and fertilizer, con
trolled grazing, weed and bush
control, availability of shade and
water, and utilization. In the
dairy division, George Martin
placed first and Albert Maddox,
second. In the beef cattle divis
ion, White Brothers first and
Ted Evans, second. Special recog
nition will be given those win
ners at the next meeting of the
Livestock Association.
In the District Livestock Judg
ing Contest held in Athens on
May 18th in which twenty-five
counties participated. Butts
County was represented in Junior
Livestock judging by David Cook,
Eugene Parrish, Calvin Letson,
David Ridgeway, Jr., and Dennis
Colwell. The Butts County team
scored 1120 points out of possible
1600 and placed second in Dist
rict. In individual scores David
Cook placed first in District with
score of 421.
ANCIENT YORK
LODGE NO. 127
F. & A. M.
Regular Meeting Nights
Second Saturdays
Qualified Brethren Invited.
Work will be conferred.
ANDREW J. LONG. W. M.
L. R. WASHINGTON. Sacty.
WORTHY ILLE, GA.
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Guest Editorial
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS
PRISON PICTURE IS GRIM,
REFORM THE ONLY ANSWER
The giim report of a committee studying Georgia
prison conditions is a matter of concern to all citi
zens of the state. The duty of the state government
is clear and urgent. Reforms must be undertaken at
once.
The investigation of the committee, which relied
heavily on an out-of -state penologist with a national
reputation, resulted in charges that “appalling” con
ditions exist in Georgia prisons, that there is too
little provisions for rehabilitation, and that the penal
system is expensively mismanaged.
“Moral conscience demands
that reforms be instituted forth
with,” the committee said.
Reforms should be instituted
wherever the committee’s report
is found to be correct, and the
report was quite extensive in its
listings of ills. So many were the
faults found, in fact, that we
wonder why they weren’t un
covered before.
The program of reform should
include safeguards against con
ditions developing to such an
"appalling” point again. Reform
is not only a moral obligation to
society, but an obligation to the
Georgia taxpayers who pay for
the bill for what the committee
has charged is costly misdirection
of the penal system.
Politics, which also drew the
committee’s fire, must be re
moved from the operation of the
state’s prisons, including the hir
ing of guards as well as the fil
ling of the top posts in the sys
tem.
Rehabilitation facilities, the
need for which was heavily em
phasized by the investigating
committee, are un integral part
of a system of corrections. Con
victed criminals should not be cod
dled, but there should be ample
opportunity for restoring to use
ful citizenship all those interested
in reform. . . .
ain't :nlut
And a far better bottle of milk for your table
is the result, too! ...
Nowadays, electric milking machines, pumping
systems which convey the milk from cow to
cooler, un-touched by human hands, and depend
able electric refrigeration help to assure the con
sumer a truly fine bottle of milk . . .
We salute the Dairy Farmers, and their im
portant part in helping to keep America strong
and healthy . . .
Low-cost electricity in the rural areas made
available on the area coverage basis by the Mem
ber-Owned Rural Electric cooperatives has
brought many changes in these first twenty-five
years . . . changes and progress with benefits for
ALL Americans! . . .
Boys in Service
MYRTLE BEACH AFB, S. C.
—Airman Second Class Kalvin D.
Whidby of Jackson, Ga., has re
turned here after participating i:i
Exercise Red Oak, a Tactical Air
Command (TAC) cold weather
deployment maneuver to Alaska
from Myrtle Beach.
Airman Whidby, an autopilot
repairman, is assigned to a unit
of the 354th Tactical Fighter
Wing here. About 130 officers
and airmen were involved in the
deployment which was a test of
TAC unit mobility.
The airman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chester K. Whidby of Route
3, Jackson, is a graduate of Jack
son High School.
VOLUME REACHES NEW
PEAK AT LOCAL SALE
Middle Georgia May 29th had
a run of 304 head of cattle and
106 hogs.
Hogs topped $16.50.
Heavy calves $26.70.
Stockers $29.00.
Beef cows $17.25.
Bulls $20.00.
Springers $215.00.
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’63 COTTON PREMIUMS,
DISCOUNTS ANNOUNCED
Premiums and discounts to be
used by the Commodity Credit
Corporation in making loans on
eligible qualities of upland cotton
under the 1963 cotton price-sup
port program have been an
nounced by the Department of
Agriculture. As under the 1962
program, premiums and discounts
are provided for all official
grades of upland cotton.
William L. Lanier, State Ex
ecutive Director, Georgia Argi
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation State Office, explained
that the minimum loan rate for
Middling 1-inch upland cotton
as average location will be 32.47
cents per pound, gross weight,
as announced February 6. On the
NEWS
CLOSING OUT SALE!
OUR ENTIRE STOCK tftT+flSTy
INSIDE - OUTSIDE g/* IIMJ
LATEX - CONCRETE VoLKAHAJ*
QUALITY 500 Gallons $ 169
BELOV/ 0 COST!... I ~
11 11 .mil,, 11 11 1 1
CLOSING OUT - ENTIRE FABRIC STOCK !
10,000 Yards! Values to 79* yard!
Extra Special ! 2,000 Yards
FACTORY |C r
CLOTH ■ J*- Yard
All Ladies'
HATS Vz price!
BIG RUG SALE
CLOSEOUT .. .
Heavy
9x12 RUGS $13.85
Bedroom
6x9 RUGS $8.95
Bedside
200 RUGS ea. 98*
All 95
BEDSPREADS $4.95
EXTRA SPECIAL!
500 Ladies' R s e 5 9 w!
DRESSES SOOO
NOW . . . Each
COHEN’S
THRIFTY DEPARTMENT STORES
Featuring the Lowest Prices in Georgia and FREE Premiums ! !
basis of the 1963 schedule of
premiums and discounts and the
average production of each qual
ity for the period 1957 through
1961, the minimum loan rate for
Middling 1-inch cotton is 75
points above the national average
support price. Therefore, the na
tional average support price
(average for the crop) will be
31.72 cents per pound.
Schedules showing base loan
rates for Middling 1-inch cotton
at each approved warehouse will
be issued later.
As under the 1962 program,
cotton price-support loans will be
made by persons and firms which
meet CCC requirements and
which have entered into agree
ments with CCC to make loans
to producers, or they will be
made by ASCS County Offices.
A producer will be eligible for
price support on his cotton if he
does not exceed the farm acreage
allotment for such kind of cotton
established for his farm.
Loans will be made through
April 30, 1964, and will mature
on July 31, 1964.
PERSONAL
Friends of Sam Byrd are glad
to know that he returned home
Tuesday of last week from the
hospital where he was a patient
for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Curry Cawthon
of Forest Park spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Maddox
and other relatives.
Mrs. Florence Marston, South
eastern representative of the
Screen Actor’s Guild, was a visi
tor last week of Miss Georgie
Watkins, Miss Delia Watkins and
Mrs. S. L. Austin at their home
on McDonough Road.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
May 31 Nighttime
June 5 Daytime
Week of June 10 Daytime Sweepstakes
Evinrude Motors will be shown on the
above dates.
L. W. MAY MARINE SUPPLIES
Jackson, Ga.
YARDS^
ALL
HANDBAGS Reduced
500 prs, Ladies' New
SUMMER <|oo
SANDALS I Pair
ENTIRE STOCK
Men's- Ladies' - Children's
SLIPPERS
Greatlv
REDUCED!
EXTRA SPECIAL!
500 NEW $8.95
DRESSES
GOING AT
2 FOR *ll
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963
PERSONAL
Mrs. T. A. Akin of Smyrna and
Mrs. C. E. Wade of Atlanta were
guests last week of Mr. and Mrs.
Euel Wade.
Bill Windsor, superintendent
of Pepperton Cotton Mills, attend
ed funeral services in Birming
ham, Ala., for Mr. Donald Comer
Sr., Avondale official and execu
tive, who died last week following
an extended illness.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Carmichael,
Tommy Carmichael and Miss Ja
nie Ridgeway left Tuesday for a
week’s vacation at Daytona
Beach, Fla.